Bienvenu chez le Jacobs Center!

On “SRF Kids News,” Elena Federici explains to child reporter Zoe what social media does to our brains – and why new content and our reward system can cause us to keep scrolling.

Whose Rules? Correcting Parental Misperceptions of Adolescent Preferences over Smartphone Use
September 28, 2026, 14:45 h
Andreasstrasse 15, 8050 Zurich, AND 4.55/57 (4th floor)

At the Forum «Evidenzorientierte Bildung» hosted by swissuniversities at PHBern, Doris Hanappi and Medea Fitzlaff presented the Swiss EdLab as part of Switzerland’s growing evidence ecosystem.

We warmly congratulate Prof. Ana Costa-Ramón on being awarded a prestigious ERC Starting Grant from the European Research Council. ERC Starting Grants are among Europe's most competitive research funding schemes, supporting outstanding early-career researchers with up to € 1.5 million over five years to pursue ambitious and innovative research projects. This year, only 8.8% of the 4'807 submitted proposals received funding.

On 28 August 2026, Denis Ribeaud presented the main findings of the first volume of the study “Masculinity in Flux” in Geneva. The colloquium, organised by the Fondation genevoise pour l'animation socioculturelle (FASe) and the cantonal Bureau de promotion de l'égalité et de prévention des violences (BPEV), brought together 440 participants from practice, public administration and research.